Automobile door and window ventilator



- April 5, 1932. J w RABOURN I 1,852,898

AUTOMOBILE DOOR AND WINDOW VENTILATOR Filed Jan. 16, 1931 j i ljz l 6f c/zdeZZflfidaa/v; 9 BY k Patented Apr. 1932 JEWEL. w. BABOURN, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA Ao'romoiarrnpoon AND wINDow vENr LAmon Application filed January 16, 1931. Serial No. 509,213.

The object ofthis, my present invention, is the provision of a ventilator for either the windows or doors of an automobile, of a type and construction to permit or the same 5 being readily attached tothe door or window frame adjacent to the top thereof, to allow of the free sliding of the glass plate that comprises the sash for either the door or the windows, and to engage with such sash in a manner as to prevent the passage of dirt or moisture therebetween, and further wherein the device is provided with angularly arranged louvers whose outer flanges or hoods are directed toward the front of the machine on which the device is attached, and the louvers or openings being covered by a stretched sheet of mesh which will permit of the free passage of air through the louvers but will prevent the passage of dirt or dust therethrough, whilethe shields of the louvers provide water sheds to prevent water passing 'through'the louvers or openings.

To the attainment of the foregoing the 1nvention consists in the improvement hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure'l is an elevation of the improvement in applied position.

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the improvement.

Figure 3 is a sectional view approximately on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional view approximately on the line Jr-41 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the mesh.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the outer plate carrying the louvers.

Figure 7 is a plan view to illustrate a slight modification.

Figure 8 is a detail sectional view to illustrate the manner in which the device disclosed by Figure 7 is employed.

In the drawings, the numeral -1 designates eithera door frame or a window frame for an automobile and 2 indicates the slidable lass plate that provides the sash for the rame 1. The sash is raised and lowered in the usual manner and contacts with the usual compressible strips arranged on the side Walls provided by the sash opening, the sash being also designed to contact with the compressible strip arranged in the top of the openmg.

In carrying out my invention I provide a metal plate 3 of a length slightly greater than that of the opening for the sash 2, but not greater than the length of the grooves provided at-the ends of such opening. The plate 3 may be ofany desired widthand is pref erably constructed of some stiff non-corrosive metal. The plate is provided with a series of vertically arranged angularly disposed louvers or openings 3 which are closely related and the openings are formed by stamping the plate from the inner face thereof in the usual manner and the outturned metal which surrounds the openings and provides the guards is indicated by the numeral 4. The openings in the guardshave their outer edges rounded, and the plate 3 is arranged in the groove for the sash 2 and is tacked to the inner Wall provided by such groove, as disclosed by Figure 3 of the drawings. The months or open portions of the guards are directed toward the front of the automobile on which the improvement is attached. Before the plate 3 is positioned as just described the inner face thereof is covered by a closely woven mesh 5. The mesh strip is drawn taut over the face of the plate 3. This is accomplished by forcing through the mesh 5 bolts 6 which are disposed equidistantly from the center of the plate 3, the mesh being first stretched between these bolts and thereafter there is passed through the stretched mesh, adjacent to the corners thereof, other bolts 7. All of the bolts are short and small and the said bolts pass through openings therefor in the inner metal plate 8 of the improvement. When the plate 8 is 99 positioned there are screwed on the bolts 6 and 7 nuts 9, respectively. The inner plate 8 is provided with angularly disposed openings '10 arranged in series and disposed opposite the openings 3 in the plate 1. The lower edge of the plate 3 has secured on the inner face thereof a compressible strip 11. This strip is preferably sustained in a channel 12 provided at the lower edge of the plate I.

8, the channel comprising a pa r of spaced l wise secured to the ggrallel flanges or walls, and these walls may closed by strips 13. The channeled member, as a matter-of-fact, is substantially U- shaped in cross section and is riveted or otherlate 3. The compressible member 11 is esigned for wiping enga ment with the inner face of the sash 2 an for frictional engagement therewith when the pane is lowered to have its upper screwed on the bolts a channeled member secured on the outer plate and extending longitudinally thereover below the inner late, and a compressible strip secured in amfprojecting through the channeled member for wi ing engagement with the slidable sash.

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ed 0 disposed opposite'the said strip 11.

l flow .angle with respect to the late, as disclosed by Figure 8, the said ears eing each Provided with an openin for the reception 0 a securing element suc as a tack 15 which enters the frame for the sash.

The construction of the ventilator and the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be aparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention relates without further detailed descri tion.

aving described the invention, I claim: 1. A ventilator attachment for the sash openings in the windows and doors of automobiles, compri sin a plate secured to the top of the frame an having closely related louver openings which are covered by shields, and the openings or mouths of the shields bein directed toward the front of the vehicle on w ich the plate is secured, a mesh strip covering the louver openings, bolts passing through the plates and through the strip, and on which bolts thestrip is stretched, an inner plate having openings alining with the louver openings said plate being engaged by the bolts and contacted by nuts which are v screwed on the bolts, and a longitudinally extending compressible strip on the inner face of the outer plate for contacting with the slidable sash.

2. A ventilator attachment for the sash openings in the windows and doors of automobiles, comprising a plate secured to the top of the frame and having closely related 1011- ver openings which are covered by shields and the openings or months of the shields being directed toward the front of the vehicle on which the late is secured, a mesh strip covering thev ouver openings, bolts passing through the plates and through the strip, and on which bolts the strip is stretched, an inner plate having openings alining with the louver openings, said inner plate being engaged by the bolts and cont-acted by nuts which are 

